So apparently, due to replacing my motherboard, Windows won't reactivate and they are saying my key is invalid now. What a wonderful operating system. I am so glad I use this. Time to go back to Linux?

It's insane that it's perfectly fine to take MY product they, that I paid for, to use on MY computer, that I also paid for, and invalidate it. Because I upgraded parts in MY computer. Why do we put up with this?

So apparently my key is no longer valid because... I don't know why. The Microsoft rep on the phone wouldn't tell me. But don't worry, I can buy a new key for only $140 from the Microsoft store!

@fujiwara@sakurajima.moe I'm glad there are free ways to activate Windows specifically because of this. Recently re-installed Windows 11 on a separate drive for VR and Wuthering Waves, found that it had de-activated despite having a prior key. Looked up a method using the command prompt and was activated again.

@Syltti Can you send me what you used? I tried a few different CMD things and it didn't work.

@fujiwara@sakurajima.moe @Syltti@kitsunes.club Don't mind me I am just dropping random links. Whoops.

https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

@NullNowhere@sakurajima.social I saw this one too while I was searching, but never checked it. Basically the same as the one I used, but under a different repository.